Building an Analog Application to Limit Excessive Use of Smartphones
- Ttitle : Building an Analog Application to Limit Excessive Use of Smartphones
- Author : Ziran Fan
- Affiliation : Toyo University, Japan
- Journal : International Journal of Applied Informatics and Media Design
- Volume : Vol.1
- ISSN : 2436-8814
- ISBN : 978-4-908181-47-4
- Pages : pp.63-68
- Keywords : Digital Media; Analog Design Method; Smartphone Usage Control; Buttery Consumption; Application Design.
Abstract : Users tend to use smartphones immoderately over the planned use time. Various methods have been developed to control the time spent on smartphone. However, most methods have limited control over the use of applications for particular purposes such as gaming, using SNS and viewing videos, and they are not good enough to control the use of smartphone itself. As examined by the authors, no prevention methods are successful in limiting the excessive use of smartphone. This study focuses on the battery, the mechanical factor of smartphone. Applying the analog motif that machines cannot work without fuel, we intendedly incorporate in smartphones the mechanism in which smartphone use would be unavoidably suspended if the battery got consumed. We propose a new method to limit the time on smartphone by controlling the battery consumption. This study examines the situation around the smartphone battery consumption, and identifies the functions which heavily consume battery. Then, we focus on the two functions, i.e., “network communication” and “updating GPS location information”, and propose an application that provides these functions. We will propose an application designed to adjust the battery consumption based on the actual usage, and consider a controlling method to limit the time on smartphone, which suits today’s user lifestyle.